1) The numbers: In the last three years Beason has posted the following tackles: 140, 132, 142 to Ray Lewis' 134, 117, 120. Add to that the fact that Beason's "assists" in his tackles were 34, 28, 20 which means he is receiving help a marginal amount of the time. Ray Lewis' assists come out to: 32, 39, and 38...the numbers don't look that much different, but it means Lewis is being assisted in 29% of tackles compared to Beason's 23%.
2) Personal Lives: While the charges were dropped in Jon Beason's aggravated assault case due to lack of evidence... Ray Lewis was able to plead down two counts of malicious murder and two counts of felony murder by turning state's witness against two of his friends. He ended up with an obstruction of justice conviction and a year of probation....after he purchased knives in which two men were stabbed when his entourage collided with that of rapper Chino Nino.
3) Ray Lewis plays for the Balitmore Ravens...who used to be the most boring team to watch in all of football. Their ability not to score (or allow scoring) used to make Ice Dancing seem like an interesting sport in comparison. Fortunately the new coach seems to be aware that wide receiver is a position in football, so we'll see.
Don't get me wrong. I love Ray Lewis. He helped invent swagger. However, it's time for Jon Beason to get the respect he deserves as the new best thing at Middle Line Backer.
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